20/04Result

Specsavers County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, Apr 20-22 2018

EssexEssexESSEX
150 & 313
LancashireLancashireLANCS
144 & 288 (82.2 ov)

Essex won by 31 runs

Defending champions Essex off the mark

1866dAlan Gardner at Chelmsford

Porter stars again to end Lancashire's brave chase

Alex Davies, Jordan Clark and Joe Mennie all threatened match-winning hands, but all fell to Porter as the defending champions held on by 31 runs

Match Centre

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

Specsavers County Championship Division One 2018

Toss

Uncontested, Lancashire

Season

2018

Hours of play (local time)

11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

20,21,22 April 2018 (4-day match)

Umpires

Rob Bailey

Neil Bainton

Points

Essex 19, Lancashire 3

Scorecard Summary

82.2

Porter to Mennie, OUT,

JM Mennie b Porter 56 (116m 91b 2x4 3x6) SR: 61.53

82.1

Porter to Mennie, no run,

END OF OVER:
82 | 1 Run | LANCS: 288/9

Matt Parkinson4 (29b)
Joe Mennie56 (89b)

Peter Siddle20-4-55-2
Jamie Porter19-4-54-3

81.6

Siddle to Parkinson, no run,

81.5

Siddle to Parkinson, no run,

81.4

Siddle to Parkinson, no run,

81.3

Siddle to Mennie, 1 run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Porter stars again to end Lancashire's brave chase
Alex Davies, Jordan Clark and Joe Mennie all threatened match-winning hands, but all fell to Porter as the defending champions held on by 31 runs
Foster's champion grit builds hefty lead
Foster, who briefly contemplated retirement last year, added 103 with Simon Harmer to take the game away from Lancashire
Porter and Harmer back in harness as Essex recover the poise of champions
Essex supporters watched the two standout performers of last season's title-winning team go about their work under an unseasonable April sun

Videos

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Defending champions Essex off the mark
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Lancashire INNINGS		R	B
KK Jennings	caught	24	63
H Hameed	bowled	1	8
AL Davies	lbw	71	85
LS Livingstone	caught wk	23	57
S Chanderpaul	lbw	1	6
DJ Vilas	lbw	22	47
J Clark	lbw	59	80
TE Bailey	run out	9	17
JM Mennie	bowled	56	91
G Onions	caught wk	1	13
MW Parkinson	not out	4	29
EXTRAS	(b 3, lb 10, nb 4)
TOTAL	288 (all out; 82.2 ovs)

Essex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	19.2	4	54	4	2.79
PM Siddle	20.0	4	55	2	2.75	(1nb)
SR Harmer	29.0	5	109	1	3.75	(1nb)
PI Walter	6.0	1	21	2	3.50
RS Bopara	8.0	0	36	0	4.50

Lancashire 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	7	KK Jennings	H Hameed
2nd	25	KK Jennings	AL Davies
3rd	56	LS Livingstone	AL Davies
4th	10	S Chanderpaul	AL Davies
5th	41	DJ Vilas	AL Davies
6th	33	DJ Vilas	J Clark
7th	23	J Clark	TE Bailey
8th	48	J Clark	JM Mennie
9th	3	G Onions	JM Mennie
10th	42	JM Mennie	MW Parkinson

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	3	2	0	1	57
SURR	3	1	0	2	49
SOM	3	0	0	3	41
WARKS	3	0	0	3	41
DURH	3	1	0	1	38
HANTS	3	0	0	2	30
WORCS	3	0	1	2	30
NOTTS	3	0	1	2	28
KENT	3	0	1	2	26
LANCS	3	0	1	2	24

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Points

ESSEX 150(50 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 144(47.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 313(90.1 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 288(82.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:82 | 1 Run | LANCS: 288/9